Tag: Police Enforcement Service Act
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Surveillance technology from Saxony: Secret facial recognition in five German federal states
In various German states, the police in Saxony have set up a covert camera at the side of the road to identify suspicious persons driving past. Now there are details about the technology, which was first revealed in Berlin. Investigators…
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Attention, facial recognition! Saxony continues to operate camera columns in Upper Lusatia
After Görlitz, the police now also want to set up systems for recognition of facial images in Zittau. This system is unprecedented in Germany. The Görlitz police department wants to continue using its “Person Identification System” (Peris) based on facial…
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Faces and number plates: Cars and pedestrians no longer be scanned in German border region
Saxony stops querying faces and license plates in Upper Lusatia. The expense of the pilot project, which cost millions, was too high, he said. All German police agencies have access to a facial recognition system at the Federal Criminal Police…